Electronic device, photographing control method, and photographing control program

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device such as mobile terminal devices with a photographing function, and in the case where a photographing target is a person, enhances its function for protecting the photographing target from being photographed without consent by such as spy shots. This can be realized by an electronic device with a photographing function (mobile terminal device 2, PDA 108, digital camera 110 ) comprising a target judging part (photographing control part 6 ) for judging whether the photographing target is a person or not; a photographing inquiry part (photographing approval/disapproval inquiry part 12 ) for issuing an inquiry information for approval/disapproval of the photographing based on the judgment result of the target judging part if the target is a person and making an inquiry for the target about whether the photographing is approved or not with the inquiry information; a response information acquisition part ( 14 ) for acquiring a response information issued from the target; and a photographing control part ( 6 ) for outputting in response to the inquiry information either a photographing approval information representing an approval of photographing the target or a photographing prohibition information representing a ban of photographing the target, based on the response information the response information acquisition part has acquired.

1. An electronic device with a photographing function, comprising:
 a target judging part judging whether a photographing target is a person or not; and 
 a photographing inquiry part issuing an inquiry information for approval/disapproval of photographing based on the judgment result of the target judging part if the photographing target is a person and making an inquiry for the target about whether the photographing is approved or not with the inquiry information. 
 
     
     
       2. The electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising an image acquisition part acquiring a shot image from the photographing target, wherein the target judging part judges whether the target is a person or not from the shot image acquired at the image acquisition part. 
     
     
       3. A photographing control method of an electronic device with a photographing function, comprising the processing of:
 judging whether a photographing target is a person or not; and 
 issuing an inquiry information for approval/disapproval of photographing based on the judgment result if the photographing target is a person and making an inquiry for the target about whether the photographing is approved or not with the inquiry information. 
 
     
     
       4. The photographing control method of an electronic device of  claim 3 , further comprising the processing of:
 acquiring a shot, image from the photographing target; and 
 judging whether the photographing target is a person or not from the acquired shot image. 
 
     
     
       5. A photographing control program of an electronic device with a photographing function, the program to be executed by a computer, comprising the steps of:
 judging whether a photographing target is a person or not; and 
 issuing an inquiry information for approval/disapproval of photographing based on the judgment result if the photographing target is a person and making an inquiry for the target about whether the photographing is approved or not with the inquiry information. 
 
     
     
       6. The photographing control program of an electronic device of  claim 5 , further comprising the steps of:
 acquiring a shot image from the photographing target; and 
 judging whether the photographing target is a person or not from the acquired shot image.